Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not.
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"Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not." — Joseph Butler
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Both our senses and our passions are a supply to the imperfection of our nature; thus they show that we are such sort of creatures as to stand in need of those helps which higher orders of creatures do not. — Joseph Butler
About Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler was a Clergyman from Kingdom of Great Britain (1692–1752).
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This quote is attributed to Joseph Butler, a Clergyman from Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Joseph Butler lived from 1692 – 1752.